IBPS RRB Syllabus 2018 for Officer Scale 1 & Office Assistant Prelims

The notification of IBPS RRB 2018 has been released! Now you can start your preparation with a quick overview of IBPS RRB syllabus 2018. The syllabus of IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 & IBPS RRB Office Assistant is almost similar, both reasoning & numerical ability/quantitative aptitude will be asked in the IBPS RRB Prelims exam. However, the level of the questions will be asked in RRB Officer Scale 1 exam will be difficult than Office Assistant. So here in this article, you'll get to know the latest exam syllabus for IBPS RRB Office Assistant & Officer Scale 1 based on the latest exam pattern. Have a look-

IBPS RRB Syllabus 2018

IBPS RRB Syllabus for Officer Scale 1 Prelims 2018

IBPS RRB Prelims Officer Scale 1 will comprise of 2 sections, namely, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. We will now discuss the individual topics that will be asked from these sections.

IBPS RRB Reasoning Syllabus for Officer Scale 1

Questions in IBPS RRB Prelims section will be asked from following topics -

Puzzles and Seating ArrangementMajor Chunk of this section would comprise of questions from Puzzles & Seating Arrangement. You can expect 15-20 questions from this topic.

SyllogismYou can expect 5 questions from this topic. Questions may be based on new as well as an old pattern.

Coding DecodingThis topic may be asked carrying 5 questions, which may be based on a new or old pattern.

InequalityCoded or Direct Inequality based 5 questions can be expected in the IBPS RRB exam.

Blood RelationThere may be 2-3 questions asked from this topic in the IBPS RRB exam.

Alphanumeric Series5 questions from this topic may be asked in the IBPS RRB exam.

Direction SenseThis topic again may be asked carrying 2-3 questions in the IBPS RRB exam.

Order and RankingYou can expect 1-2 questions from this topic in the IBPS RRB exam.

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus for IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1

You can expect questions from following topics in this IBPS RRB exam -

Number Series5 questions from number series can be expected in the IBPS RRB exam.

Simplification/ ApproximationYou can expect 5-10 questions from this topic in the IBPS RRB exam.

Data InterpretationThis is one of the most important topics asked in the IBPS RRB exam. You can expect 2-3 sets, i.e 10-15 questions of this topic in the IBPS RRB exam.

MiscellaneousThis section would comprise of topics like -(a) Age based problems(b) Profit, Loss and Discount(c) Simple and Compound Interest(d) Time, Work and Wages(e) Mixture and Alligation(f) Speed, Time and Distance(g) Pipes and Cisterns(h) Probability(i) Partnerships(j) Ratio and AveragesYou can expect 10 questions from these topics in the IBPS RRB exam.

IBPS RRB Syllabus for Office Assistant Prelims

Prelims phase of Office Assistant would comprise of 2 sections. These are - Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability.

Numerical Ability for Office Assistant

Topics from this section, which can be expected in the IBPS RRB exam are mentioned below.

Banking AwarenessStatic as well as Current Banking Awareness questions are asked in abundance in the Banking exams nowadays. Hence it is essential that you prepare this topic thoroughly. Follow our series, Big Bank Theory and Quick Look on Financial Awareness for this.

Static General AwarenessYou can expect 7-8 questions from Static GK topics in the IBPS RRB exam. This can include Important Dates/ Days, Countries-Capitals and their Currencies, Important national/ International organizations and their headquarters, Indian Geography etc. Follow our series, World Around Us to prepare this topic better.

Apart from this, have a thorough preparation of Important Government Schemes, Important Summits, Recent developments in the banking sector, Important banking terms etc.

5: Computer Knowledge

Computer Knowledge section of IBPS RRB exam would consist of following topics-